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caricaturist: Mana Neyestani

Iran’s Ministry of Power is concerned about gas shortages at Iranian power plants and is calling on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to intervene. According to…

Iranian Parliament The Presiding Board of Iran’s Parliament believes that a motion to summon Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning is not in the country’s best…

Twelve Iranian political prisoners have heeded opposition pleas and ended their hunger strike at Evin Prison. The Kaleme website reports that the prisoners, who…

Sanati Sharif University Iran’s top university, Sanati Sharif, has announced that there will be no co-ed classes for first-year students starting this September. Iran’s…

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad One hundred Iranian MPs have signed a motion to question Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Parliament about a series of administrative irregularities. The motion,…

Mahnaz Mohammadi Mahnaz Mohammadi, an Iranian filmmaker and women’s rights activist, was arrested on Sunday, June 26 by Islamic Republic security forces. The Kaleme…

Ayatollah Larijani The head of Iran’s judiciary announced today that “hoodlums and rapists” will be harshly dealt with by the legal system, the daily…

caricaturist: Mana Neyestani

Ali Nikzad Iran’s Parliament has given its vote of confidence to Ali Nikzad to lead the newly formed Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.…

Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani has told political prisoner Mohammad Javad Mozaffar that he and other hunger strikers have a…

Mohammad Seifzadeh Mohammad Seifzadeh, one of the founders of the Human Rights Defenders Centre, has had his sentence reduced to two years from the…